Civil War era Rhode Island Kepi, body comprised of blue wool with a grey lace band on a red wool band backing, two brass buttons with Rhode Island state seal attached to black leather chin strap to either side, and a black tarred leather visor. Blue velvet patch with silver metallic embroidered Old English lettering […]
Lot 663: 4 Prussian WWI Items, incl. Halberd or Polearm, KPEV Curtains & Plaque
Four (4) Prussian WWI-related items, including steel halberd or halbert, KPEV plaque, and two KPEV curtains. 1st item: One (1) ceremonial steel halberd or polearm blade with an elongated pike engraved with two coats of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia depicting an eagle with “R” on its chest grasping an orb and sceptre, motto […]
Lot 659: Civil War Confederate LeMat Revolver, .42 & .63 cal.
Civil War era Confederate LeMat, Paris Revolver, .42 caliber for the 9 shot cylinder and .63 cal. for the grapeshot barrel, serial number 1519, all visible serial numbers matching, including on the loading lever. Top of barrel marked "Col Le Mat Bte s.g.d.g. Paris," right side of barrel marked "LM" with star, front of cylinder […]
Lot 660: Civil War Tiffany Naval Presentation Sword, Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold, Belt and Commendations
Civil War Era Tiffany & Co. Naval Presentation Sword, Belt, and Commendations, presented to U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Cadwalader Ringgold (1802-1867), 5 items total. 1st-2nd items: Tiffany & Co. sword with a German steel blade and etched scrolling foliate decorations, images of a naval engagement, a dolphin, and other maritime motifs, obverse, inscribed "U.S.N.", with […]
Lot 657: Autograph Album w/ Confederate Signatures, incl. Jeff Davis
Autograph album belonging to Miss Mallie E. Lindsay (1861-1946) of Cadiz, Kentucky, containing signatures, inscriptions, pen and ink illustrations, and pencil drawings, including one (1) signature of Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, Beauvoir, Mississippi, dated April 2, 1880; one (1) signature with inscription of Alexander Hamilton Stephens (1812-1883), […]
Lot 658: Kentucky Confederate Call to Arms Broadside, 1862
KENTUCKIANS TO ARMS! broadside, issued by Captain W. W. Cleaver, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company F, from the headquarters for the Confederate Army in Lebanon, KY, dated September 12, 1862, reading "I am authorized by the Confederate Government to raise a Company of Cavalry for the Southern Army, to serve three years or during the […]
Lot 655: Fite-James Family Archive, Civil War, POW, & Slave Related, 32 items
Archive of thirty-two (32) paper ephemera items, pertaining to the Fite-James family of Tennessee and Kentucky, including Judge Samuel McClary Fite (1816-1875), his brothers Albert Beard Fite (b. 1832), CSA 15th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, and Leonard Beard Fite (1811-1882), and Samuel's daughter Josephine "Josie" Rowena Fite (1856-1943), and William James (1794-1864) and his sons Rufus […]
Lot 656: 4 Historical Documents, incl. Johnson's Island ALS, W.H. Crawford ALS
Four (4) archival documents, including two (2) Civil War era Confederate Johnson's Island, Ohio Prisoner of War letters, one (1) William Harris Crawford (1772-1834) letter, and one (1) 1814 Sam Weakley land survey. 1st-2nd items: ALS, one page handwritten letter from Lieutenant John Coopwood, 35th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Company G, prisoner of war at Johnson's […]
Lot 652: Civil War Archive, incl. Hospital CDVs, Tennessee & Atlanta interest
Letter, document and photograph archive of Sgt. Zebedee Culver, 19th Michigan Infantry, clerk at General Hospital No. 1 in Union-occupied Nashville, Tennessee, including rarely seen graphic carte-de-visite (CDV) and albumen images of injured soldiers from the Battle of Atlanta, with treatment notes, and a printed record of Gunshot Wounds and other Surgical Cases. Includes approximately […]
Lot 653: Archive of Col. John Fite, CSA, POW Johnson's Island, 1 of 2, 8 Items
Civil War archive of seven (7) letters from Confederate States of America (CSA) Colonel John Amenas Fite (1832-1925), 7th Tennessee Infantry, Company B, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863, plus one (1) photocopy of memoir (8 items total). The letters were written while he was a prisoner of war at Johnson's […]